AP – Two Russian diplomats will lose their accreditation to NATO’s headquarters in Brussels, Moscow’s envoy said Thursday ? two months after Russia was accused of receiving alliance secrets from a spy. Read more

AP – In an April 20 story about corruption allegations against Venezuelan opposition leader Manuel Rosales, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the accusations relate to $68.3 million in disputed income. Both prosecutors and Rosales say the income was worth about 147,000 strong bolivars, or about $68,000 in Venezuelan currency at today’s official exchange rate. [...]

AFP – Three more cases of swine flu were confirmed in Britain Thursday, bringing the total number to eight including one 12-year-old schoolgirl described as feeling “rotten”. Read more

AP – As of Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at least 4,278 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Read more

AP – Mexico is telling citizens to stay home, urging businesses to close for five days and suspending government services as the World Health Organization warns the swine flu outbreak is on the brink of becoming a global epidemic. Read more